Marian's Hunting Stories, etc., etc., etc...

Stories of my hunting experiences with family, friends or whatever else I want to blog about.

A Dixie Lady Deer Hunter

Article by Fred Messina, editor of "On Target Outdoors" from The Vicksburg Evening Post on Friday, January 19, 1990. Photo by Bob Phillips.

Bob Phillips came up the other day with a photo of his wife Marian and a deer she got on Brown's Point New Years Eve. The deer was an 8-point with 16 inches of inside spread that weighed in at 190 pounds. A nice trophy in anyone's book. However, the tale Bob told is that this was Marian's fourth deer this year and he claimed that he would have done better than he did if he had not spent so much time hauling Marian's deer out of the woods. Come off it, Bob. We all know who the hunter was.

Saturday, February 27, 2016

After leaving the waterfront and taking pictures of the American Queen's return to our historical civil war town, I headed to the Louisiana Circle to see if I could see a towboat passing by and I was in luck.

Friday, February 26, 2016

It was so great to see the majestic American Queen return to our historical civil war town of Vicksburg, MS. Her last visit was the latter part of December 2015. I never get tired of taking pictures of her and below are some that I took for you to enjoy on a beautiful Friday here in my hometown.

American Queen is docked in the Yazoo Diversion Canal off of the Mighty Mississippi River.

Four buses were taking tourist around to all the historical sites in my hometown.

Last three pictures were taken from Catfish Row Children's Art Park with the Vicksburg Riverfront Murals on the flood wall.

Thursday, February 25, 2016

Christian Carver posted this picture on Facebook group page Parenting Done Right Outdoors of his son who found this nice shed while out looking for owls the other day. The family does it all - camping, fishing and hunting and the kids absolutely love it, he said. What a nice find and I'm sure he will treasure it. My congrats to this future hunter in our great outdoors!

Wednesday, February 24, 2016

Van Probst is so proud of his wife, Kay's first bow kill at 69 years of age. She took down this big fork buck last season near Susanville, CA. He said that he could not get her to ride in the front of the truck going home and stayed in the back holding the head up so the velvet would not get rubbed off.

My congrats to Kay on her fine buck in our great wild outdoors! It's never too late!

Tuesday, February 23, 2016

Brandi Kendall Salley of Holcomb, Mississippi, caught a 72 lb. flat head catfish by hand-grabbing. Her mother said she does this every year and has the scars to prove it. Brandi thinks the scales were messed up but agrees that he ate good and had a big fish fry off of that big boy! My congrats to Brandi in our great outdoors! That's really awesome!

Monday, February 22, 2016

A short look at feeding behavior of ducks in a crop of corn. It shows how important cooperative farmers (local farmers contracted to farm the refuge) are to the management of the refuge. Most take pride in what they produce for the purpose of feeding the waterfowl and other wildlife. It usually takes the support and participation of the local community for true conservation to happen on a refuge. We are thankful to our local farmers!

Notice most ducks are mallards, but at the end of this video, a pair of gadwells come into the picture.

Sunday, February 21, 2016

John Sturdivant's son, Grant and his playmate, are checking out this red ear slider (aka) painted turtle that will bite you. Of course, they had to release it back into the water but they were having a great time checking it out. This is parenting done right in our great wild outdoors.

Saturday, February 20, 2016

This little guy had a great time hunting in Mississippi recently getting a big ole nasty hog and a black squirrel. His grandmother, Cindy Barton Elmore, of Greenwood, MS, was so proud of him and posted this on the site, I Killed It In Mississippi! My congrats to him in our great wild outdoors! That's the way to go little hunter!

Thursday, February 18, 2016

Kody Bidwell's little girls turned their beagles loose on some rabbits for the very first time recently. He said it was definitely a morning he will not forget. Kudos to Kody for taking his daughters out to hunt rabbits in our great wild outdoors. This is cuteness on overload!

Wednesday, February 17, 2016

Hunter Ruby posted these two pictures on Facebook page "I Killed It In Mississippi" that deer know that it's not hunting season. They are smarter than we think, he said. Pictures were taken this past week in Lafayette County, MS.

A comment was made that they don't smell humans, hear gun shots, 4-wheeler's, and all the early morning traffic. The only problems this year was the flooding and early acorn fall that was definitely a hard year for some hunters having a rough hunting season.

Tuesday, February 16, 2016

Hunters in Mississippi found an intact casket in a wildlife refuge and authorities returned it to its grave.Adams County Coroner James Lee tells The Natchez Democrat that the casket apparently floated out of a family cemetery on the refuge during floods in January.He says he was called Saturday to deal with the casket, found in the open at the St. Catherine Creek National Wildlife Refuge. He says it held the remains of someone who had been buried within the last six months.Lee says he and the sheriff's office identified the body, located the cemetery, notified the family, and returned the casket.He says the main thing is that they were able to return it to the cemetery in a "in a dignified manner."

Monday, February 15, 2016

Kurt Koeneman of Lewisburg, MS, took his son hunting recently and he got his first kills, two raccoon's instead. Dad said we tried for a buck but no luck and you would've thought he got one. I'm sure the buck will come in time for this young boy.

My congrats to this proud and happy boy on his raccoon trophies in our great wild outdoors!

Look what's in the pot to be cooked...a nice coon roast for the family to enjoy!

Sunday, February 14, 2016

Paula Garrison from Baxterville, Mississippi, killed this very nice 10 point buck this past Thursday. A very nice buck in anyone's book. My congrats to Paula on her harvest in our great wild outdoors! Way to go!

Tuesday, February 09, 2016

My Facebook friend, Darion Branham of PA, took his 10 year old daughter hunting last November. While running out the door to get to the woods, she forgot her boots and had her slippers on. She shot and killed her very first deer, a nice 6 point buck, and he was so happy and proud for her. He said, "Don't mind the slippers....we accidentally left her boots back home." What a story she will tell about her first deer kill while hunting with her Dad wearing her slippers!

My congrats to her and to her proud Dad for taking the time to teach her to hunt in our great wild outdoors. Great job Dad!

Monday, February 08, 2016

This picture was posted on Facebook page, Chasing Trophy Whitetails, which had a lot of responses. One response that I read which made sense, was that this is a debate/argument that will last for as long as man hunts deer. He said, many studies and tests have been done, but remember, not all deer grow the same everywhere. A study in Alabama, may not produce the same results as the same test in Michigan. Also, these studies can't allow for "freaks" of nature. Perhaps this deer was injured shortly after birth. Perhaps a second generation doe bread with the father or uncle. There are many reasons as to why something like this might have happened, but they may not be "Common" reasons. This might be a 1 in 100,000 deer that this might happen in. And this might be a 1 in 500,000 chance that is survived to this point. Fact is, if this deer had shot 3-4-5 years ago, we never would seen/heard about it. I have seen spikes that were fairly heavy and 10-12 inches long. Had they not been shot, they might have ended up just like this deer in another 3-5 years.

Myself, I would mount this deer in a heart beat. My congrats to the deer hunter and what a deer story he will tell for the rest of his life in our great wild outdoors.

Thursday, February 04, 2016

Jon Dodridge's proudly shows off his 180-inch plus giant bow kill recently in Ohio. This buck really has a lot of character and looks pretty old to me. My congrats to Jon on a very cool looking buck in our great wild outdoors!

About Me

I am 77 years young and live high on the bluffs of a historical civil war town of Vicksburg, MS. I was born and raised here and attended St. Francis Xavier Academy, graduating in the Class of 1959. I started my government career at the Vicksburg District, USACE. I retired from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Waterways Experiment Station with 25 years service in September '95. I'm a proud mother of 4 daughters, 6 granddaughters, 3 grandsons and 3 great-grandsons, I have deer hunted for 33 years now and in the last 8 years hunted and killed wild hogs. I look forward to hunting and fishing in our great Mississippi outdoors!

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